March 22, 2015 Coal projects, port expansion could permanently damage Great Barrier Reef: report The Great Barrier Reef is at risk of permanent damage should huge coalmining and a port development in Queensland go ahead, scientists say in a new report.
March 22, 2015 Pricey Bank of Canada meeting included trip to oil sands A Bank of Canada junket to the oil sands at Fort McMurray, Alta., helped push the cost of a single board of directors meeting last June to over $100,000, a…
March 20, 2015 A “wave of bankruptcies” about to hit coal industry The future for the coal industry is looking “increasingly bleak,” according to an investor’s note from Macquarie Research.
March 20, 2015 China claims coal mine deaths down to record low Coal mine fatalities in China dropped almost 87% to 931 last year from more than 7,000 casualties registered in the sector in 2002, according to official figures recently disclosed.
March 20, 2015 Obama unveils long-awaited fracking rules The updated regulations, in the works since 2012, set standards for wells and disposal of wastewater. They also require disclosure of chemicals used.
March 20, 2015 WA keen to take QLD’s unwanted uranium dollars Western Australia’s Mines and Petroleum Minister Bill Marmion says the Queensland government’s decision to ban uranium mining is good news for WA.
March 18, 2015 Fission Step Out Holes Hit High Grades; Expand Zone at R600W High-Grade, Shallow Mineralization Grows at Land-based R600W Zone
March 18, 2015 No end in sight for mining sector gloomy state: report The first two months of 2015 failed miserably to dispel gloomy market conditions affecting the global mining industry, according to a study published Wednesday.
March 18, 2015 Gold market waves near century-old price fix good-bye Thursday will be the last time traders at four banks agree by phone twice-daily prices for bullion.
March 18, 2015 Why Goldman Sachs is wrong about commodity prices: Philip Richards In this interview with The Mining Report, Richards discusses his outlook for oil, gold, vanadium, zinc and nickel, and profiles companies with projects that will see the light of day…
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